Originally Posted by
Speedbird218
When I used to work in T4, one of the positions was the "Embarks" which was an island of customer service desks airside just in front of the pax security search area.
So the TV screens were saying "please wait"...we then used to have signs on top of the desks, explaining that if the screens said please wait, then please don't ask the staff for a gate number.
I reckon 8/10 of pax who came to that desk....were asking for a gate number!
218
"Please Wait" is something itself to dislike about BAA. Since practically no other airport does this, I presume the intent is only to keep passengers by the stores.